Ghost Machine (TV story)

Ghost Machine
Main character(s):	Jack, Gwen, Tosh, Owen, Ianto
Featuring:	Rhys
Main enemy:	Ed Morgan
Main setting:	Cardiff, 2007
Key crew
Writer:	Helen Raynor
Director:	Colin Teague
Producer:	Richard Stokes
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	29 October 2006
Premiere network:	BBC Three
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Ghost Machine was the third episode of series one of Torchwood.

Synopsis

When Gwen retrieves an alien object from a fleeing man in a hoodie, she's haunted by a vision of a lonely young boy. As the team tracks down the object's owner, the elusive Bernie Harris, Owen experiences an even more terrifying vision and a long-buried crime resurfaces.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
• Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
• Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
• Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
• Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
• Rhys Williams — Kai Owen
• Ed Morgan — Gareth Thomas
• Bernie — Ben McKay
• Eleri — Llinos Daniel
• Tom Flanagan — John Normington
• Lizzie Lewis — Emily Evans
• Young Ed Morgan — Christopher Elson
• Young Tom Flanagan — Christopher Greene
• Bernie's Mum — Julie Gibbs
• Snooker Player — Ian Kay
• Kid in arcade — Ryan Conway
• Woman in shop — Kathryn Howard

Crew

Created by Russell T Davies

Executive Producers   Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner

Written by Helen Raynor	Produced by Richard Stokes	Directed by Colin Teague	Director of Photography Mark Waters	Production Designer Edward Thomas	Visual Effects The Mill
Make-up Designer Marie Doris	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold Ben Foster	Costume Designer Ray Holman	Edited by Mike Hopkins	Special Effects Any Effects

General production staff Production Executive - Julie Scott Co-producer - Chris Chibnall Associate Producer - Terry Reeve Assistant Producer - Sophie Fante Production Manager - Catrin Lewis Defis Location Manager - Paul Davies Unit Manager - Geraint Havard Jones Production Co-ordinator - Carmelina Palumbo Assistant Production Co-ordinator - Kate Powell Production Secretary - Margarita Felices Script Secretary - Claire Thomas Senior Production Accountant - Endaf Emyr Williams Production Accountant - Ceri Tothill Contracts Assistant - Beth Britton Script department Script Editor - Brian Minchin Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Nick Rae 2nd Assistant Director - Lynsey Muir 3rd Assistant Director - Rhian Salisbury Runner - Glenn Coxon Continuity - Vicky Cole Camera Operator - Gareth Hughes Focus Puller - Duncan Fowlie Grip - Dai Hopkins Camera Assistant - Mani Blaxter Paliwala Boom Operator - Jeff Welch Gaffer - Dave Fowler Best Boy - Steve Slocombe	Art department Chief Supervising Art Director - Stephen Nicholas Supervising Art Director - Keith Dunne Assistant Art Director - Leonie Rintler Art Department Production Manager - Jonathan Marquand Allison Art Department Co-ordinator - Matthew North Production Buyer - Catherine Samuel Concept Artists - Ian Bunting, Peter McKinstry Standby Props - Brian Patrick Henry Standby Carpenter - Will Pope Standby Art Director - Leonie Rintler Standby Rigger - Keith Freeman Property Master - Nick Thomas Props Storeman - Charlie Malik Specialist Prop Maker - Mark Cordory Props Maker - Penny Howarth Construction Manager - Matthew Hywel-Davies Construction Chargehand - Scott Fisher Graphics - BBC Wales Graphic Design Costume department Costume Supervisor - Debra Haggett Costume Assistants - Bobby Peach, Sam Benbow	Make-up and prosthetics Make-up Supervisor - Claire Pritchard Make-up Artists - Sarah Astley-Hughes, Kate Roberts Movement Stunt Co-ordinator - Tom Lucy Stunt Performers - Gary Hoptrough, Crispin Layfield, Jo McLaren, Curtis Rivers Casting Casting Associate - Andy Brierley General post-production staff Post-production Supervisors - Helen Vallis, Chris Blatchford Post-production Co-ordinator - Marie Brown Assistant Editor - Matt Mullins On-line Editor - Matthew Clarke Special and visual effects Visual FX Producers - Will Cohen, Marie Jones Visual FX Supervisor - Dave Houghton Visual Effects Co-ordinator - Kim Phelan On-set VFX Supervisor - Barney Curnow 2D Artists - Astrid Busser-Casas, Simon Holden, Jo Courtis Colourist - Mick Vincent Sound Sound Recordist - Jeff Matthews Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts Supervising Sound Editor - Doug Sinclair Sound Effects Editor - Howard Eaves Sound Editor - Paul McFadden

Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

References

• As Owen flips through his various fake ID cards, one can be seen for UNIT.
• Gwen and Owen chase Sean Harris through Cardiff Central Station.
• During the Blitz Tom was evacuated to Cardiff and then the countryside.
• "Feeling a Moment" by Feeder is playing when Owen and Tosh have a drink together.

Story notes

• Gareth Thomas (Ed Morgan) previously played Lord Tamworth in AUDIO: Storm Warning and Kalendorf in the first two series of the Dalek Empire audio series as well as AUDIO: Return of the Daleks.
• John Normington (Tom Flanagan) previously played Trau Morgus in TV: The Caves of Androzani and Trevor Sigma in TV: The Happiness Patrol.

Ratings

• 1.8 million viewers

Filming locations

• The Friary, Cardiff (Gwen and Owen chase the signal.)
• Queen Street, Cardiff (Gwen and Owen chase the signal.)
• High Street, Cardiff (Bernie is pursued into the arcade.)
• High Street Arcade, Cardiff (The chase through the arcade)
• Hayes Island, Cardiff (Gwen and Owen chase the signal.)
• Cardiff Central Station, Cardiff (Gwen first shifts time.)
• Adamsdown Place, Cardiff (Bernie's Mum's House.)
• Barry Shooting Rang, Cardiff (Gwen's shooting lesson.)
• St. David's Hotel, Cardiff (Owen's Flat.)
• Adamsdown Squre, Cardiff (Owen Chases Bernie.)
• Kames Place, Cardiff (Owen Chases Bernie.)
• Inchmarnock Street, Cardiff (Owen Chases Bernie.)
• Lady Margret's Place, Cardiff (Owen Chases Bernie.)
• Gwendoline Place, Cardiff (Owen Chases Bernie.)
• Taff Meed Embankment, Cardiff(Owen witnesses an old murder.)
• Royal Close, Cardiff (Bernie's estate.)
• Cardiff Bay Barrage, Cardiff (Jack and Gwen on the waterfront.)
• Upper Boat Studios, Cardiff

Production errors

• Tosh tells Owen that Ed Morgan is claustrophobic, but when she checks his records on the computer, she says he is agoraphobic.

Continuity

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

• The circled "P" emblem of the Preachers from TV: Rise of the Cybermen can be seen as faded graffiti on rusty bins outside Bernie's flat.

Home video releases

Series one, part one DVD cover

• This episode, with four others, was first released on a DVD entitled Torchwood: Series 1, part 1 on 26 December 2006. It was later released in Torchwood: The Complete First Series on 19th November 2007.

External links

• Ghost Machine at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• Ghost Machine at Shannon Sullivan's A Brief History of Time (Travel)
• Ghost Machine at The Locations Guide

Footnotes